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OUR REQUESTS. AND IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH

AND IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH JENNIFER AVO SDPLRKSZA’S LAWYERS

JENNIFER AVO SDPLRKSZA’S LAWYERS EPSTEIN’S ATTORNEYS HAVE

EPSTEIN’S ATTORNEYS HAVE CHALLENGED HER CREDIBILITY.

CHALLENGED HER CREDIBILITY. JIM CURSER.

JIM CURSER. WE ALSO HAVE JEFF LIEU.

WE ALSO HAVE JEFF LIEU. JIM ACOSTA IS NATIONAL POLITICAL

JIM ACOSTA IS NATIONAL POLITICAL REPORTER FOR THE "WASHINGTON

REPORTER FOR THE "WASHINGTON POST."

POST." AND JESSICA ROTH HERE WITH ME AT

AND JESSICA ROTH HERE WITH ME AT THE TABLE IS THE FORMER SOUTHERN

THE TABLE IS THE FORMER SOUTHERN PROSECUTOR FOR THE DISTRICT OF

PROSECUTOR FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. JIM ACOSTA, I WANT TO START WITH

JIM ACOSTA, I WANT TO START WITH THE POLITICS ON THIS.

THE POLITICS ON THIS. ACOSTA IS CATCHING HEAT NOT JUST

ACOSTA IS CATCHING HEAT NOT JUST FROM DEMOCRATS BUT ALSO INSIDE

FROM DEMOCRATS BUT ALSO INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE WHO FEEL ACOSTA

THE WHITE HOUSE WHO FEEL ACOSTA HAS NOT DONE ENOUGH TO PUSH THE

HAS NOT DONE ENOUGH TO PUSH THE TRUMP AGENDA AT THE LABOR

TRUMP AGENDA AT THE LABOR DEPARTMENT, AND THAT THE EPSTEIN

DEPARTMENT, AND THAT THE EPSTEIN FALLOUT COULD PROVIDE A PRETEXT

FALLOUT COULD PROVIDE A PRETEXT TO PUSH ACOSTA TO THE EXITS.

TO PUSH ACOSTA TO THE EXITS. WHAT ARE THE SOURCES IN THE

WHAT ARE THE SOURCES IN THE WHITE HOUSE TELLING YOU NOT JUST

WHITE HOUSE TELLING YOU NOT JUST ABOUT THE GROWING PRESSURE ON

ABOUT THE GROWING PRESSURE ON ACOSTA, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,

ACOSTA, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHERE THE PRESIDENT STANDS ON

WHERE THE PRESIDENT STANDS ON ALL OF THIS?

ALL OF THIS? >> BASED ON MY CONVERSATIONS

>> BASED ON MY CONVERSATIONS WITH TRUMP ADVISERS, THE CHIEF

WITH TRUMP ADVISERS, THE CHIEF OF STAFF HAVE HAD INTENTIONS IN

OF STAFF HAVE HAD INTENTIONS IN RECENT MONTHS ABOUT THE PACE OF

RECENT MONTHS ABOUT THE PACE OF DEREGULATION AT THE DEPARTMENT

DEREGULATION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

OF LABOR. MICK MULVANEY COMING OUT OF THE

MICK MULVANEY COMING OUT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, A

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, A CONSERVATIVE HARDLINER.

CONSERVATIVE HARDLINER. HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE DONE,

HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE DONE, HAS BEEN FRUSTRATED WITH ACOSTA

HAS BEEN FRUSTRATED WITH ACOSTA AT TIMES AND HOW THINGS HAVE

AT TIMES AND HOW THINGS HAVE PROCEEDED ON POLICY.

PROCEEDED ON POLICY. THE PRESIDENT IS AWARE OF THIS

THE PRESIDENT IS AWARE OF THIS BUT HE ALSO LIKES ACOSTA

BUT HE ALSO LIKES ACOSTA PERSONALLY IN THE SENSE HE SEES

PERSONALLY IN THE SENSE HE SEES HIM AS A LOYAL, HARD WORKER,

HIM AS A LOYAL, HARD WORKER, SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T STEAL THE

SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT FROM THE PRESIDENT.

SPOTLIGHT FROM THE PRESIDENT. AT THIS MOMENT SOME TRUMP

AT THIS MOMENT SOME TRUMP CONFIDANTS SAY TRUMP WILL LET

CONFIDANTS SAY TRUMP WILL LET THIS PLAY OUT, BUT IF IT PLAYS

THIS PLAY OUT, BUT IF IT PLAYS OUT IN AN UNFAVORABLE WAY TOWARD

OUT IN AN UNFAVORABLE WAY TOWARD THE SECRETARY, HE COULD WALK

THE SECRETARY, HE COULD WALK AWAY.

AWAY. WE’VE SEEN THIS WITH PREVIOUS

WE’VE SEEN THIS WITH PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS.

ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS. THIS PROCESS TAKES ITS TIME AND

THIS PROCESS TAKES ITS TIME AND ULTIMATELY THE OFFICIAL COULD

ULTIMATELY THE OFFICIAL COULD STEP AWAY.

STEP AWAY. >> SCOTT PRUITT COMES TO MIND,

>> SCOTT PRUITT COMES TO MIND, RIGHT, WHERE THE PRESIDENT DUG

RIGHT, WHERE THE PRESIDENT DUG IN FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS AND WEEKS

IN FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS AND WEEKS UNTIL HE EVENTUALLY JUST GAVE

UNTIL HE EVENTUALLY JUST GAVE UP.

UP. GLEN, I WANT TO TURN TO YOU

GLEN, I WANT TO TURN TO YOU BECAUSE YOU POSTED SOMETHING ON

BECAUSE YOU POSTED SOMETHING ON TWITTER THAT CAUGHT MY EYE THIS

TWITTER THAT CAUGHT MY EYE THIS MORNING.

MORNING. YOU SAID THE AVAILABLE EVIDENCE

YOU SAID THE AVAILABLE EVIDENCE MAKES IT CLEAR THAT SECRETARY

MAKES IT CLEAR THAT SECRETARY ACOSTA SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED TO

ACOSTA SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED TO CRIMINALLY VIOLATE THE CRIMINAL

CRIMINALLY VIOLATE THE CRIMINAL RIGHTS ACT.

RIGHTS ACT. UNPACK THAT FOR US.

UNPACK THAT FOR US. >> JEFF, LET’S BRIEFLY WALK

>> JEFF, LET’S BRIEFLY WALK THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.

THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. SO THE CRIME VICTIM RIGHTS ACT

SO THE CRIME VICTIM RIGHTS ACT ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE VICTIM’S

ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE VICTIM’S BILL OF RIGHTS IS IN THE FEDERAL

BILL OF RIGHTS IS IN THE FEDERAL CODE.

CODE. IT’S 18-USC-1871.

IT’S 18-USC-1871. IT SAYS THE VICTIMS, QUOTE, HAVE

IT SAYS THE VICTIMS, QUOTE, HAVE A RIGHT TO BE INFORMED IN A

A RIGHT TO BE INFORMED IN A TIMELY MANNER OF ANY PLEA

TIMELY MANNER OF ANY PLEA BARGAIN OR DEFERRED PROSECUTION

BARGAIN OR DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENT.

AGREEMENT. THAT WOULD BE THE

THAT WOULD BE THE NON-PROSECUTION AGREEMENT IN

NON-PROSECUTION AGREEMENT IN THIS CASE.

THIS CASE. NOW, THE MIAMI HERALD DOING SOME

NOW, THE MIAMI HERALD DOING SOME GREAT REPORTING GOT SOME EMAIL

GREAT REPORTING GOT SOME EMAIL TRAFFIC BETWEEN THEN-U.S.

TRAFFIC BETWEEN THEN-U.S. ATTORNEY ACOSTA AND EPSTEIN’S

ATTORNEY ACOSTA AND EPSTEIN’S LEGAL TEAM, NAMELY JAY

LEGAL TEAM, NAMELY JAY LEFKOWITZ.

LEFKOWITZ. HERE’S WHAT THE EMAIL READS.

HERE’S WHAT THE EMAIL READS. QUOTE, IN A LETTER SENT BY

QUOTE, IN A LETTER SENT BY LEFKOWITZ MEMORIALIZEING THE

LEFKOWITZ MEMORIALIZEING THE MEANING, THE MIAMI HERALD

MEANING, THE MIAMI HERALD REPORTED HE THANKED ACOSTA FOR

REPORTED HE THANKED ACOSTA FOR MAKING OUT A DEAL WITH THE U.S.

MAKING OUT A DEAL WITH THE U.S. ATTORNEY NOT TO CONTACT ANY OF

ATTORNEY NOT TO CONTACT ANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED, THE

THE INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED, THE POTENTIAL WITNESSES OR THE

POTENTIAL WITNESSES OR THE POTENTIAL CIVIL CLAIMANTS.

POTENTIAL CIVIL CLAIMANTS. THAT WOULD BE THE VICTIMS.

THAT WOULD BE THE VICTIMS. JEFF, THAT IS MORE THAN JUST A

JEFF, THAT IS MORE THAN JUST A SMOKING GUN SHOWING THAT ACOSTA

SMOKING GUN SHOWING THAT ACOSTA CONSPIRED WITH LEFKOWITZ AND

CONSPIRED WITH LEFKOWITZ AND PERHAPS OTHERS TO VIOLATE THE

PERHAPS OTHERS TO VIOLATE THE CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS ACT.

CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS ACT. IT MIGHT AS WELL BE A

IT MIGHT AS WELL BE A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF ACOSTA AT

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF ACOSTA AT THE FIRING RANGE UNLOADING,

THE FIRING RANGE UNLOADING, FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING, AND

FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING, AND KILLING THE RIGHTS OF THESE

KILLING THE RIGHTS OF THESE CRIME VICTIMS.

CRIME VICTIMS. THAT REALLY INDICATES AN

THAT REALLY INDICATES AN INVESTIGATION MUST BE OPENED

INVESTIGATION MUST BE OPENED INTO WHAT ACOSTA DID TO DENY

INTO WHAT ACOSTA DID TO DENY THESE VICTIMS THEIR RIGHTS BACK

THESE VICTIMS THEIR RIGHTS BACK IN 2008.

IN 2008. >> AND JESSICA ROTH, ACOSTA IS

>> AND JESSICA ROTH, ACOSTA IS DEFENDING HIMSELF.

DEFENDING HIMSELF. I WANT TO READ FOR YOU A FEW OF

I WANT TO READ FOR YOU A FEW OF THE TWEETS HE PUT OUT YESTERDAY

THE TWEETS HE PUT OUT YESTERDAY AND GET YOUR REACTION.

AND GET YOUR REACTION. HE SAYS THIS.

HE SAYS THIS. WITH THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE MORE

WITH THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE MORE THAN A DECADE AGO, FEDERAL

THAN A DECADE AGO, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS INSISTED THAT

PROSECUTORS INSISTED THAT EPSTEIN GO TO JAIL, REGISTER AS

EPSTEIN GO TO JAIL, REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER AND PUT THE WORLD

A SEX OFFENDER AND PUT THE WORLD ON NOTICE THAT HE IS A SEXUAL

ON NOTICE THAT HE IS A SEXUAL PREDATOR.

PREDATOR. NOW THAT NEW EVIDENCE AND

NOW THAT NEW EVIDENCE AND ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY IS

ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY IS AVAILABLE, THE NEW YORK

AVAILABLE, THE NEW YORK PROSECUTION OFFERS AN IMPORTANT

PROSECUTION OFFERS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO MORE FULLY BRING

OPPORTUNITY TO MORE FULLY BRING HIM TO JUSTICE.

HIM TO JUSTICE. BUT LOOK, THE MIAMI HERALD

BUT LOOK, THE MIAMI HERALD INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JULIE K.

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JULIE K. BROWN, SHE SPENT MORE THAN TWO

BROWN, SHE SPENT MORE THAN TWO YEARS INVESTIGATING THIS CASE

YEARS INVESTIGATING THIS CASE AND INTERVIEWING MORE THAN 60

AND INTERVIEWING MORE THAN 60 GIRLS SAYING EPSTEIN SEXUALLY

GIRLS SAYING EPSTEIN SEXUALLY ABUSED THEM.

ABUSED THEM. SHE RESPONDED DIRECTLY TO

SHE RESPONDED DIRECTLY TO ACOSTA’S TWEET AND SHE SAYS

ACOSTA’S TWEET AND SHE SAYS THIS.

THIS. ACCEPT THE RECORD SHOWS YOU HAD

ACCEPT THE RECORD SHOWS YOU HAD THE EVIDENCE IN 2007.

THE EVIDENCE IN 2007. REMEMBER 593-PAGE INDICTMENT, TH

REMEMBER 593-PAGE INDICTMENT, TH FOHNE

FOHNE PHONE POLLS, THE WITNESSES THAT

PHONE POLLS, THE WITNESSES THAT WORKED FOR EPSTEIN?

WORKED FOR EPSTEIN? WHAT’S YOUR POINT ON THAT AND

WHAT’S YOUR POINT ON THAT AND THE STATEMENT GLEN JUST MADE?

THE STATEMENT GLEN JUST MADE? >> ACOSTA IS SAYING IN THOSE

>> ACOSTA IS SAYING IN THOSE TWEETS THAT THE REASON HE WENT

TWEETS THAT THE REASON HE WENT FORWARD WAS THAT THE EVIDENCE

FORWARD WAS THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS SOMEHOW LACKING.

WAS SOMEHOW LACKING. THEREFORE, THE DEAL THAT HE GOT

THEREFORE, THE DEAL THAT HE GOT WHICH WAS VERY LENIENT AND

WHICH WAS VERY LENIENT AND UNUSUAL IN MANY RESPECTS WAS THE

UNUSUAL IN MANY RESPECTS WAS THE BEST OUTCOME UNDER THE

BEST OUTCOME UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE IT ENSURED

CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE IT ENSURED THAT EPSTEIN WENT TO JAIL FOR

THAT EPSTEIN WENT TO JAIL FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME AND THAT HE

SOME PERIOD OF TIME AND THAT HE REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER.

REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER. THE PROBLEM IS IT’S REALLY HARD

THE PROBLEM IS IT’S REALLY HARD TO RECONCILE THAT POSITION WITH

TO RECONCILE THAT POSITION WITH EVIDENCE THAT’S COME TO LIGHT

EVIDENCE THAT’S COME TO LIGHT THROUGH REPORTING WITH THE MIAMI

THROUGH REPORTING WITH THE MIAMI HERALD AND OTHER SOURCES,

HERALD AND OTHER SOURCES, INCLUDING LITIGATION, AND CIVIL

INCLUDING LITIGATION, AND CIVIL LITIGATION IN FLORIDA AND

LITIGATION IN FLORIDA AND ELSEWHERE BROUGHT BY THE

ELSEWHERE BROUGHT BY THE VICTIMS.

VICTIMS. IT DOES SEEM THERE WAS EXTENSIVE

IT DOES SEEM THERE WAS EXTENSIVE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE, EFFICIENT

EVIDENCE AVAILABLE, EFFICIENT FOR HIS LINE PROSECUTORS TO

FOR HIS LINE PROSECUTORS TO DRAFT THAT INDICTM INCLUDED

DRAFT THAT INDICTM INCLUDED MULTIPLE SERIOUS FEDERAL

MULTIPLE SERIOUS FEDERAL FELONIES.

FELONIES. SO EVEN THOUGH THERE DOES APPEAR

SO EVEN THOUGH THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE NEW EVIDENCE IN THE NEW

TO BE NEW EVIDENCE IN THE NEW YORK CHARGES AND THE NEW YORK

YORK CHARGES AND THE NEW YORK ATTORNEY SAID AS MUCH, IT’S NOT

ATTORNEY SAID AS MUCH, IT’S NOT CLEAR THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS

CLEAR THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS INSUFFICIENT AT THE TIME IN

INSUFFICIENT AT THE TIME IN FLORIDA, AND I THINK THAT ACOSTA

FLORIDA, AND I THINK THAT ACOSTA IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO MORE

IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO MORE EXPLAINING.

EXPLAINING. >> CHRIS LEW, I WANT TO DRAW ON

>> CHRIS LEW, I WANT TO DRAW ON YOUR EXPERIENCE AS SECRETARY OF

YOUR EXPERIENCE AS SECRETARY OF LABOR DURING THE OBAMA

LABOR DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.

ADMINISTRATION. THE LABOR DEPARTMENT, IT TURNS

THE LABOR DEPARTMENT, IT TURNS OUT, ACTUALLY HAS A ROLE IN

OUT, ACTUALLY HAS A ROLE IN COORDINATING ANTI-HUMAN

COORDINATING ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING EFFORTS, BUT

TRAFFICKING EFFORTS, BUT APPARENTLY THE TRUMP

APPARENTLY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS ROLLING THAT

ADMINISTRATION IS ROLLING THAT BACK.

BACK. IS THAT RIGHT?

IS THAT RIGHT? >> THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.

>> THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR IS ONE

THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR IS ONE OF THE LEAD FEDERAL AGENCIES IN

OF THE LEAD FEDERAL AGENCIES IN FIGHTING TRAFFICKING NOT ONLY

FIGHTING TRAFFICKING NOT ONLY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES BUT

HERE IN THE UNITED STATES BUT AROUND THE WORLD.

AROUND THE WORLD. IT PUTS OUT AN ANNUAL REPORT ON

IT PUTS OUT AN ANNUAL REPORT ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR

CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR AROUND THE WORLD.

AROUND THE WORLD. AND HERE IN THE UNITED STATES,

AND HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, LABOR INSPECTORS ARE OFTEN THE

LABOR INSPECTORS ARE OFTEN THE FIRST PEOPLE ON THE SCENE WHO

FIRST PEOPLE ON THE SCENE WHO ENCOUNTER VICTIMS OF

ENCOUNTER VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING.

TRAFFICKING. AND JUST IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS,

AND JUST IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, THIS LABOR DEPARTMENT UNDER

THIS LABOR DEPARTMENT UNDER ACOSTA PUT A MORATORIUM ON

ACOSTA PUT A MORATORIUM ON GRANTING POTENTIAL VISAS TO

GRANTING POTENTIAL VISAS TO VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND HAS

VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND HAS NOW ADDED AN ADDITIONAL

NOW ADDED AN ADDITIONAL BUREAUCRATIC STEP IN THE PROCESS

BUREAUCRATIC STEP IN THE PROCESS THAT MIGHT POTENTIALLY DELAY FOR

THAT MIGHT POTENTIALLY DELAY FOR WEEKS AND EVEN MONTHS THESE

WEEKS AND EVEN MONTHS THESE VICTIMS GETTING PROTECTION.

VICTIMS GETTING PROTECTION. ALREADY WHEN YOU’RE INSPECTING

ALREADY WHEN YOU’RE INSPECTING WORKPLACES AND YOU’RE RELYING ON

WORKPLACES AND YOU’RE RELYING ON UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WHO

UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WHO MIGHT BE WITNESSES, THEY’RE

MIGHT BE WITNESSES, THEY’RE GOING TO BE RELUCTANT TO COME

GOING TO BE RELUCTANT TO COME FORWARD NOW THAT YOU MAKE IT

FORWARD NOW THAT YOU MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GET

MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GET PROTECTION.

PROTECTION. IT’S LESS LIKELY THEY’LL COME

IT’S LESS LIKELY THEY’LL COME FORWARD.

FORWARD. AND WHEN YOU’RE DEALING WITH

AND WHEN YOU’RE DEALING WITH TRAFFICKING, TIME IS OF THE

TRAFFICKING, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.

ESSENCE. THESE PEOPLE CAN BE SHIFTED

THESE PEOPLE CAN BE SHIFTED AROUND TO OTHER PLACES.

AROUND TO OTHER PLACES. AND THE IRONY OF ALL THIS IS

AND THE IRONY OF ALL THIS IS DONALD TRUMP HAS TRIED TO SAY

DONALD TRUMP HAS TRIED TO SAY THAT FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING

THAT FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS ONE OF HIS HIGHEST

IS ONE OF HIS HIGHEST PRIORITIES, AND YET HIS

PRIORITIES, AND YET HIS SECRETARY OF LABOR SEEM TO BE

SECRETARY OF LABOR SEEM TO BE TAKING STEPS GOING IN THE

TAKING STEPS GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

OPPOSITE DIRECTION. >> AND SPEAKING OF ACOSTA, THE

>> AND SPEAKING OF ACOSTA, THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO DISTANCE

PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM JEFFREY EPSTEIN.

HIMSELF FROM JEFFREY EPSTEIN. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. >> DO YOU THINK JEFFREY EPSTEIN

>> DO YOU THINK JEFFREY EPSTEIN IS A TERRIFIC GUY?

IS A TERRIFIC GUY? >> I KNEW HIM IN PALM BEACH LIKE

>> I KNEW HIM IN PALM BEACH LIKE THE PEOPLE IN PALM BEACH KNEW

THE PEOPLE IN PALM BEACH KNEW HIM.

HIM. HE WAS A FIXTURE IN PALM BEACH.

HE WAS A FIXTURE IN PALM BEACH. I HAD A FALLING OUT A LONG TIME

I HAD A FALLING OUT A LONG TIME AGO.

AGO. I DON’T THINK I’VE SPOKEN TO HIM

I DON’T THINK I’VE SPOKEN TO HIM FOR 15 YEARS.

FOR 15 YEARS. I WAS NOT A FAN.

I WAS NOT A FAN. A LONG TIME AGO, I WOULD SAY

A LONG TIME AGO, I WOULD SAY MAYBE 15 YEARS.

MAYBE 15 YEARS. I WAS NOT A FAN OF HIS, THAT I

I WAS NOT A FAN OF HIS, THAT I CAN TELL YOU.

CAN TELL YOU. I WAS NOT A FAN OF HIS.

I WAS NOT A FAN OF HIS. >> SO THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE’S

>> SO THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE’S NOT A FAN OF EPSTEIN’S, THEY HAD

NOT A FAN OF EPSTEIN’S, THEY HAD A FALLING OUT A LONG TIME AGO.

A FALLING OUT A LONG TIME AGO. DOES THAT HOLD UP, BOB?

DOES THAT HOLD UP, BOB? >> THE PRESIDENT KNEW HIM IN

>> THE PRESIDENT KNEW HIM IN PALM BEACH, LIKE HE SAID.

PALM BEACH, LIKE HE SAID. THERE WAS SOME KIND OF BUSINESS

THERE WAS SOME KIND OF BUSINESS DEALING THAT CREATED A FALLOUT

DEALING THAT CREATED A FALLOUT SITUATION ABOUT A DECADE AGO.

SITUATION ABOUT A DECADE AGO. I’VE SPOKEN TO SAM NUNBERG, A

I’VE SPOKEN TO SAM NUNBERG, A FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN ADVISER

FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN ADVISER WHO SAID HE WAS ASKED BY EPSTEIN

WHO SAID HE WAS ASKED BY EPSTEIN AND HIS ADVISERS AND HE SAID,

AND HIS ADVISERS AND HE SAID, OH, THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS FALLEN

OH, THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS FALLEN APART.

APART. IT DOESN’T CHANGE THAT THEY HAD

IT DOESN’T CHANGE THAT THEY HAD A RELATIONSHIP IN THE MID-’90s,

A RELATIONSHIP IN THE MID-’90s, THE LATE ’90s AND THEY WERE

THE LATE ’90s AND THEY WERE FIXTURES IN PALM BEACH.

FIXTURES IN PALM BEACH. >> HE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY.

>> HE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? >> THE NEXT CASE IS THE BAIL

>> THE NEXT CASE IS THE BAIL HEARING WITH THE JUDGE, AND

HEARING WITH THE JUDGE, AND THAT’S HAPPENING JULY 15.

THAT’S HAPPENING JULY 15. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY MADE

THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY MADE CLEAR THEY’RE SEEKING DETENTION

CLEAR THEY’RE SEEKING DETENTION PRE-TRIAL.

PRE-TRIAL. THE DEFENSE HAS SAID THEY’RE

THE DEFENSE HAS SAID THEY’RE GOING TO FIGHT THAT.

GOING TO FIGHT THAT. THEY’VE EXPLAINED THEIR REASONS

THEY’VE EXPLAINED THEIR REASONS FOR SEEKING DETENTION INCLUDING

FOR SEEKING DETENTION INCLUDING HIS EXTENSIVE INTERNATIONAL

HIS EXTENSIVE INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS, HIS U.S. CONTACTS, HIS

CONTACTS, HIS U.S. CONTACTS, HIS MEANS TO BE ABLE TO FLEE SHOULD

MEANS TO BE ABLE TO FLEE SHOULD HE SO CHOOSE, AND THEY ALSO

HE SO CHOOSE, AND THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT EVIDENCE OF

TALKED ABOUT EVIDENCE OF ATTEMPTS TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE IN

ATTEMPTS TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE IN THE PAST AND A CONCERN THAT HE

THE PAST AND A CONCERN THAT HE MIGHT DO SO, TRY TO INTIMIDATE

MIGHT DO SO, TRY TO INTIMIDATE WITNESSES WERE HE TO REMAIN OUT

WITNESSES WERE HE TO REMAIN OUT OF CUSTODY.

OF CUSTODY. SO THE NEXT BIG THING WILL BE

SO THE NEXT BIG THING WILL BE THAT BAIL HEARING ON JULY 15th,

THAT BAIL HEARING ON JULY 15th, BECAUSE ONE OF THE FACTORS THE

BECAUSE ONE OF THE FACTORS THE COURT WILL CONSIDER IS ALSO THE

COURT WILL CONSIDER IS ALSO THE STRENGTH OF THE GOVERNMENT’S

STRENGTH OF THE GOVERNMENT’S EVIDENCE.

EVIDENCE. WE’RE GOING TO HEAR MORE FROM

WE’RE GOING TO HEAR MORE FROM THE GOVERNMENT ABOUT THAT

THE GOVERNMENT ABOUT THAT EVIDENCE, INCLUDING THE

EVIDENCE, INCLUDING THE CORROBORATING EVIDENCE OF THE

CORROBORATING EVIDENCE OF THE VICTIM’S TESTIMONYS

VICTIM’S TESTIMONYS VICTIMS’ TESTIMONY.

VICTIMS’ TESTIMONY. I’M SURE WE’LL HEAR MORE ABOUT

I’M SURE WE’LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THOSE NUDE OR PARTIALLY NUDE

THOSE NUDE OR PARTIALLY NUDE PHOTOGRAPHS AT HIS RESIDENCE